News report: John Hinckley could be released soon, looks to Williamsburg

April 27, 2010|By Daily Press

The Washington Post reports that John Hinckley, who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, is taking "small steps" toward freedom and plans to eventually settle in Williamsburg, where his 84-year-old mother lives in Kingsmill.

Hinckley, 54, has been institutionalized in a Washington hospital for 28 years, but a federal judge has concluded that his depression has been in remission for more than a decade and his release appears inevitable.